PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States

Van Wezel Teaching Artists will lead a Professional Development workshop related to The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System that will consist of drama, movement and visual arts activities that educators can bring into their own classrooms. PD Certificate and dinner provided! Register here

PROFESSIONAL DEVLEOPMENT: THE GRUFFALO

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States

Van Wezel Teaching Artists will lead a Professional Development workshop related to The Gruffalo that will consist of drama, movement and visual arts activities that educators can bring into their own classrooms. PD Certificate and dinner provided! Register here

Professional Development: Dot Dot Dot

Education Room at the Van Wezel 777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States

Bringing students to see a show at the Van Wezel? Use an engaging arts-integrated, standards-aligned lesson to get them excited and prepared for the show! We’ve written the lessons and will example them with our arts-integration experts here at the Hall. Van Wezel Teaching Artists will lead a Professional Development workshop related to Dot Dot […]

Professional Development: Jean-Michel and the Be-Bop Kings

Education Room at the Van Wezel 777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States

Bringing students to see a show at the Van Wezel? Use an engaging arts-integrated, standards-aligned lesson to get them excited and prepared for the show! We’ve written the lessons and will example them with our arts-integration experts here at the Hall. Van Wezel Teaching Artists will lead a Professional Development workshop related to Jean-Michel and […]

Professional Development: Telling Your Story Through the Beat of Jazz

Education Room at the Van Wezel 777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States

Giving voice to student’s thoughts and feelings is an integral part of their social-emotional development. What better way to do that than to write an authentic blues song that expresses their response to a specific event or experience? Join world vocalist and Kennedy Center teaching artist Imani Gonzalez as she aligns Writer’s Workshop with personal […]

Professional Development: Call of the Wild

Education Room at the Van Wezel 777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States

Bringing students to see a show at the Van Wezel? Use an engaging arts-integrated, standards-aligned lesson to get them excited and prepared for the show! We’ve written the lessons and will example them with our arts-integration experts here at the Hall. Van Wezel Teaching Artists will lead a Professional Development workshop related to Call of […]

Professional Development: Rainbow Fish

Education Room at the Van Wezel 777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States

Bringing students to see a show at the Van Wezel? Use an engaging arts-integrated, standards-aligned lesson to get them excited and prepared for the show! We’ve written the lessons and will example them with our arts-integration experts here at the Hall. Van Wezel Teaching Artists will lead a Professional Development workshop related to The Rainbow […]

Professional Development: Giraffes Can’t Dance

Education Room at the Van Wezel 777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States

Bringing students to see a show at the Van Wezel? Use an engaging arts-integrated, standards-aligned lesson to get them excited and prepared for the show! We’ve written the lessons and will example them with our arts-integration experts here at the Hall. Van Wezel Teaching Artists will lead a Professional Development workshop related to Giraffes Can't […]

Arts & Disability Panel Discussion

Bayfront Community Center

How do we make the arts fully accessible to artists and audiences? Join experts in the field as they discuss best inclusive arts practices, and be a part of the conversation around the future of arts accessibility in our community. PANELISTS: Adrian Anantawan: Violinist & Arts Advocate, Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation Artist in Residence Silva […]

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The Diversity in Neurodiversity: Access and Inclusion in the Arts

David Cohen Hall at Sarasota Orchestra 709 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota, FL 34236

This session will examine the multi-layered paths a person may choose to engage in the arts. An overview of self-regulation, sensory and cognitive processing, relational dynamics, and creative ideation and exploration, as it relates to neurodivergence, will ground educators in decision making rather than a checklist approach to arts accessibility and inclusion. Guiding principles and […]

When I Opened The Door of Feelings: A Poetry Writing Professional Development for Teachers

Education Room at the Van Wezel 777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States

We will share our glimmers, the things that calm and delight us, to create performance poetry. We will create 2-word poems and see how adjectives and concrete nouns will be the building blocks for unique poetry. Through movement, we will find poetry in our bodies and create a brave space where students can perform their […]

Professional Development: Steve Trash

Education Room at the Van Wezel 777 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, United States

Bringing students to see a show at the Van Wezel? Use an engaging arts-integrated, standards-aligned lesson to get them excited and prepared for the show! We’ve written the lessons and will example them with our arts-integration experts here at the Hall. Van Wezel Teaching Artists will lead a Professional Development workshop related to Steve Trash: […]